Pass rate
80.5%
Around average — 5.8 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 251 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£89
2010 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 89,297 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
19.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 95.5% pass
- Avoid 2010 80.5% pass · this year
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 15 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.4%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2010 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate is 80.5% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI Countryman does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.3× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.9% of everything recorded on the 2010 MINI Countryman, against 5.5% nationally — 7.4 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 19.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 74.7% and this one manages 80.5% — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 251 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2010 MINI Countryman compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.4%. The median 2010 MINI Countryman in this dataset had covered 89,297 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 64% of tests, with a 80.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.6% of the time, April–September 79.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.78% of tests.
- 251 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.5% overall pass rate, 76.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI Countryman, the average is 90.3% — best year 2023 (95.5%), worst 2010 (80.5%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 251
- Typical mileage (median)
- 89,297 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Countryman
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Countryman MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (64% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Countryman
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 63 | 84.1% |
| East Midlands | 25 | 68.0% |
| East of England | 25 | 76.0% |
| North West | 24 | 83.3% |
| South West | 22 | 81.8% |
| London | 21 | 76.2% |
| Wales | 17 | 76.5% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 15 | 80.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2010 Countryman
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2010 Countryman
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the windscreen 4.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the lights 2.8% of tests
“position lamp not working”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.0% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2010 Countryman through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£89 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£89
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 251 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Countryman, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2010 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.5% to 95.5% — a spread of 15 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 80.5%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 81.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 85.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 87.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 88.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 89.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 92.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.4% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 93.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 95.5% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2010 MINI Countryman with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2010 cars with a similar record
- Audi Tt 80.6%
- Toyota Urban Cruiser 80.6%
- Toyota Hi-Ace 80.8%
- BMW 123 80.2%
- Audi A6 80.1%
- Volvo V70 80.1%
Closest pass rates among 2010 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2010 MINI Countryman 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 416 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 81 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Tyres | 77 | 18.30% | 19.76% | −1.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 72 | 17.10% | 12.21% | +4.89 |
| Brakes | 61 | 14.50% | 20.89% | −6.39 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 54 | 12.90% | 5.52% | +7.38 |
| Visibility | 26 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 22 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 17 | 4.00% | 5.57% | −1.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.70% | 0.82% | −0.12 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–20 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £5–15 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £60–250 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.7% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.2% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £180–450 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.2% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 85.7% | 25,251 mi |
| 30-60k | 32 | 90.6% | 50,423 mi |
| 60-90k | 92 | 80.4% | 74,862 mi |
| 90-120k | 84 | 81.0% | 103,927 mi |
| 120k+ | 36 | 69.4% | 131,165 mi |
Source: 251 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2010 Countryman MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 MINI Countryman?
80.5% of the 251 2010 MINI Countryman tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 76.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 MINI Countryman?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.78%), position lamp not working (2.79%), position lamp not working (2.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 69.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 MINI Countryman in this dataset had covered 89,297 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2010 MINI Countryman?
Petrol: 80.0% pass rate across 160 tests. Diesel: 81.3% pass rate across 91 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2010 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.